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principalsimons

Defining "Needs Assessment", "Learning Gaps" and the "Outcomes Measurement" Process. - 0 views

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Learning Gaps Outcomes Needs Assessments; EDTC615

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  • principalsimons on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article defines several key elements of the assessment process. Use it as a quick cheat sheet.
moore_tamea

Closing the Learning and Teaching Gap : nrich.maths.org - 4 views

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EDTC 615 teaching gap learning math

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  • moore_tamea on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article compares Western teaching and learning with Asian (specifically Japan) learning/ Instruction. The author, Buchanan, touches on the methods used to differentiate such as for Gifted and Talented learners. Buchanan then gives suggestyions on improving teaching as a whole.
pcooper55

Closing the gap: Addressing the vocabulary needs of English-language learners in biling... - 1 views

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Ell Spanish speakers vocabulary morphology spelling EDTC 615

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  • pcooper55 on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article shares a intervention that was used to help close the vocabulary gap between Latino and Anglo students. A group of 5th graders were taught academically useful words along with some strategies . Those strategies include, "using information from contex, from morphology, from knowledge about multiple meanings, and from cognates to infer word meaning." The students in the the study showed greater growth in vocabuary comprehension than students who were not a part of the study group.
simonebh

Communicative Discourse in Second Language Classrooms: From Building Skills to Becoming... - 1 views

files.eric.ed.gov/...ED545715.pdf

EDTC615 language instruction communication

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  • simonebh on 22 Oct 16
     
    This paper gives a broad overview of key historical and current theories to language development and learning. It provides a nice overview and review of various approaches and schools of thought. The author's premise is that teachers should look both collectively and uniquely at these in order to make informed instructional decisions when teaching students who are learning a second language, either English as a second language or another foreign language. While the information is not new, it is a well-presented consolidation of information that educators can use to diversify their instructional approach to promote language development in their students.
simonebh

Information Gap in Communicative Classrooms - 2 views

americanenglish.state.gov/...01-39-4-h.pdf

EDTC615 Language Instruction Information Gaps Communicative Approach

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  • simonebh on 22 Oct 16
     
    When looking for information about learning and instructional gaps in language classes, I found this paper about encouraging communication with second language learners through creating information gaps. The concept is that students use language in authentic ways by answering questions that are open ended and relevant or by doing other activities that encourage communication and discussion rather than very set and inauthentic uses of language. As a language teacher, it gave me ideas for games or activities to do with my students as well as a reminder to use open-ended questioning in order to promote more diverse student responses. It seems a little dated based on the reference materials, but is still relevant in the modern World Language classroom.
simonebh

Narrowing the Language Gap: The Case for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction. - 2 views

teacher.scholastic.com/...Narrowing_the_Gap.pdf

EDTC 615 all subjects vocabulary instruction instructional gap learning gap

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  • simonebh on 22 Oct 16
     
    This paper discusses the importance of vocabulary instruction and instructional strategies in order to support vocabulary learning across all grade levels and content areas. Using direct and intentional vocabulary development in the educational setting provides students with the tools and language skills necessary to progress and thrive. This focus is instrumental in narrowing achievement gaps between students, and is particularly beneficial for ESOL students. As a language teacher, it was an excellent reminder of the need to continue vocabulary focus across all skill levels. The lower levels are very vocabulary-centric, but the higher levels become less vocabulary-focused and more communicative in nature. However, there are always more words to know and as concepts and themes of study become more sophisticated, so too becomes the language and word level. Various strategies must be employed, both emanating from the teacher's intentional instruction and students' independent work. This paper has concrete and specific instructional strategies that teachers of all content areas and across all age levels can employ.
  • sgray17 on 03 Jul 17
     
    I found this paper particularly interesting because it highlighted that when teachers explicitly teach vocabulary to students, it results in not only the increased retention of words learned, but of increased comprehension skills as well.
jpirnia85

Better Practice in Arts Education (Volume II) - 1 views

www.aems-edu.org/...Better_Practices_Music.pdf

EDTC 615 arts music gap learning teaching instructional

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  • jpirnia85 on 22 Oct 16
     
    This 90-page publication offers research-based findings on learning and teaching music, including teacher strategies and discussion on essential learner outcomes from the Maryland state music curriculum.
cynthia1985

How to Close the Achievement Gap: Art Education - 3 views

www.edutopia.org/...ng-achievement-gap-anne-obrien

EDTC615. Achievement Gap. Art Education. Low-Income Students

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  • jpirnia85 on 22 Oct 16
     
    This Edutopia post discusses arts education having intrinsic value and its effects on achievement gaps.
  • cynthia1985 on 03 Jul 18
     
    Art education can lessen the achievement gap, specifically with students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (SES). Unfortunately, an 'opportunity gap' exists with low-income students, which makes them less likely to have access to art education as compared to their higher-income peers.
jpirnia85

The Music Education (or Creativity) Achievement Gap in America, and How We Ca... - 2 views

www.musicparentsguide.com/...ion-achievement-gap-in-america

EDTC 615 achievement gap learning instructional music

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mmatheis

Increasing English Language Learners' Engagement in Instruction through Emotional Scaff... - 0 views

eds.b.ebscohost.com.ezproxy.umuc.edu/...pdfviewer

EDTC615 Fall2016 EarlyChildhood Achievementgap Strategies EmotionalScaffolding

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  • mmatheis on 21 Oct 16
     
    The purpose of this study is to explore how a Pre-Kindergarten teacher makes pedagogical decisions that are known as emotional scaffolding for ELL children. The study describes a teacher who through implementing an optimal environment for her ELL students, was able to fully engage them in Pre-Kindergarten content. The study offers a variety of strategies of what a teacher can do to have a successful ELL early childhood school environment.
kcollins3

Resources for Assessment in Project-Based Learning - 1 views

www.edutopia.org/pbl-assessment-resources

615; PBL

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  • kcollins3 on 29 Jun 16
     
    Suggestions for Assessment throughout the process of a PBL. Include links to multiple articles on different types of assessment and grade levels.
strausss

Assessment for Learning Formative Assessments - 4 views

http://www.oecd.org/site/educeri21st/40600533.pdf

EDTC615

started by strausss on 20 Nov 16 no follow-up yet
strausss

Metacognition - 7 views

I forgot to post the URL I found: http://theelearningcoach.com/learning/metacognition-and-learning/

EDTC615 strategies teaching

started by strausss on 06 Nov 16 1 follow-up, last by strausss on 06 Nov 16
jpirnia85

Strategies to Teach Young Children Musical Notations | Our Everyday Life - 4 views

oureverydaylife.com/n-musical-notations-12617.html

EDTC 615 music strategies teach

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  • jpirnia85 on 27 Oct 16
     
    This site offers 5 various approaches to teaching music notation. A link for printable worksheets is also provided.
sfcanady

​8 Proven Ways to Help Close the Achievement Gap | EdSurge News - 13 views

www.edsurge.com/...help-close-the-achievement-gap

EDTC 615 Spring2018 Research

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  • oknapp75 on 14 Mar 16
     
    An informative and engaging article that provides eight solutions to tackling the achievement gap.  It is well organized and written with clear reasoning for each solution.
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  • brady_g on 24 Jun 16
     
    Emotional start, easy to read eight part checklist that can help bridge the instructional gap; good tools to make sure all is being done to properly cater towards the full comprehension of material by students.
  • loreggio1 on 28 Jun 16
     
    This short article highlights years of research that examined the racial achievement gap. Research and finding suggest that much of what accounts for the disparities in achievement is attributed to socioeconomic factors. The article offers 8 ways for closing the gap among those most impacted based on the findings and best practices.
  • bonnieconyers on 29 Jun 16
     
    Great article. Another source of proof that higher levels of expectations and rigor really do help close the gap. I also like that they reinforce the value of school and home connection.
  • nightstalker9 on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article talks about using assessments to tell if interventions are working, this like a response to intervention. Raising the bar for the student to they can be successful. Monitor the students progress on a monthly basis and get the parents involved
  • nnanfack on 12 Mar 17
     
    When we met, April's mother was in drug rehabilitation and her father was in jail. She would stare at the ground and rarely utter a word. I was a sophomore in college and was serving as April's mentor; I feared that we might never develop a close relationship.
  • chelseamiller491 on 12 Mar 17
     
    When we met, April's mother was in drug rehabilitation and her father was in jail. She would stare at the ground and rarely utter a word. I was a sophomore in college and was serving as April's mentor; I feared that we might never develop a close relationship.
  • bethmazz on 14 Mar 17
     
    I almost put this article up myself. Very moving.
  • glissonh on 30 Jun 17
     
    This article highlights 8 ways to provide educational gains to students needing them most. The goal is closing the achievement gap between struggling learners and high performing students. 1. Use Evidence-Based Instruction, 2. Provide a Rigorous Curriculum, 3. Increase Instructional Time, 4. Introduce Supplemental Instruction, 5. Monitor Progress, Ideally Monthly, 6. Motivate & Engage, 7. Deepen Professional Development, 8. Link School and Home
  • taylie27 on 02 Jul 17
     
    This is a great article that highlights different things that can be done in the classroom to close the achievement gap the two that I think are most important are the increased instructional time, and link between school and home. I think almost every teacher has wished for more instructional time in the classroom, I know I only see my students every other day and I often think about how much more I could teach them if I saw them every day like math and ELA. I also think the communication between home and school is important to a student's ability to learn.
  • vgosselin on 03 Jul 17
     
    Great article! I like how it was connected to an inspirational story. I like how each of the ways was described. Often in the busyness of teaching, it's good to have reminders of what is needed, so that you can strengthen weaknesses.
  • sfcanady on 31 Mar 18
     
    (Week 9: Sheila, Suzanne and Cathy) This article is accessible through the link above. This article explains eight ways educators can inspire academic advancements in students, especially students from lower socioeconomic statuses. While mentoring the author gain insight on how to help close the achievement gap. The writer and her team identified that evidence base instruction, a rigorous curriculum, increased instructional time, supplemental instruction, progress monitoring, motivating and engaging, professional development, and a link to school and home would accomplish those gains. The author believes that "if teachers know about and follow those suggestions they could help close the achievement gap." (Fisher, 2015) This article can be a great resource for teachers. Many of the suggestions could be incorporated by most teachers. However, the article also assumes that if followed these eight tools will close the achievement gap. The author also does not explain how teachers can increase instructional time. Reference: Fisher, O. (Oct 2015). 8 proven ways to help close the achievement gap. Istation. Retrieved from https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-10-27-8-proven-ways-to-help-close-the-achievement-gap
  • rcourtot1015 on 30 Jun 18
     
    The article was very informative. I especially liked the 8th suggestion, "Link home and school." This is an essential piece that I think educators need to do a better job with for at-risk students. When there are more people engaged and involved, students have a broader network of support to ensure success. We need to do more community outreach to help our students improve both academically and in the broader sense.
  • rnwaddy on 30 Jun 18
     
    I really enjoyed this article. As a new instructor I am constantly looking to engage my adult students. Through my instruction, making that personal connection is so important. Once you make that personal connection I find that students start making a personal connection with their assignments as well. I find having a non-academic conversation at the beginning of class can help the students feel involved classroom citizens.
  • renaosmall on 02 Jul 18
     
    This article really gives great advice on how teachers can help close the achievement gap by changing small things they do in the classroom. The two things that stuck out to me was allowing more time and progress monitoring. Sometimes time is all a student needs to succeed. When students feel rushed they end up just picking whatever answer they think is right or just something to complete the assignment. Allowing students to return to their unfinished work could really help students concentrate knowing that they don't have to rush to finish an assignment. As far as progress monitoring goes, it helps when the teacher really cares about making sure the students are on the right track and that their parents are aware of the work they have completed or would need to complete to get them on track.
andcwilson

ERIC - Explicit Instruction and Implicit Use of L2 Learning Strategies in Higher Second... - 1 views

eric.ed.gov/?q=Explicit+instruction+and+implicit+use+of+L2+learning+strategies+in+higher+secondary+EFL+course+books&id=EJ1085603

ACTFL Foreign Language Instruction Explicit Speaking Strategies

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  • andcwilson on 14 Mar 16
     
    Our data group for EDTC 615 is focusing on developing better speaking skills in the Chinese as a Foreign Language classroom. This article describes a structured process for reviewing textbooks to ensure that they provide explicit strategy instruction for listening and speaking. Using this method my group could review the explicit instruction that is currently in use in our classroom and decide if any modifications need to be made to improve student learning.
andcwilson

ERIC - Fostering Second Language Oral Communication through Constructivist Interaction ... - 1 views

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ACTFL Foreign Language Instruction Instructional Technology

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  • andcwilson on 14 Mar 16
     
    This article describes the incorporation of web conferencing in a foreign language classroom with the purpose of improving listening and speaking skills. Although the number of students in the study is small, the authors provide very specific recommendations for the implementation of this technology in the classroom. This technology allows students more time to practice and interact with their L2 since the conferencing can be done outside of the classroom.
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